Collapsible garment hanger



A ril 24, 1934. c. D. WOOD CQLLAPSIBLE GARMENT HANGER Filed Aug. 24, 1932 ZMQW/m Patented Apr. 24, 1934 COLLAPSIBLE GARMENT HANGER Charles D. Wood, North Bend, British Columbia, Canada Application August 24, 1932, Serial No. 630,211

2 Claims.

My invention relates generaly to collapsible garment hangers and more specifically to devices of this nature employing a system of lazy tongs arranged so as to be supportable from a 5 central point.

It is a primary object of my invention to provide a garment hanger which may be constructed to present an unusually attractive and neat appearance and which may be sold as a novelty; the

flat surfaces presented by the device when folded being suitable for decorative and colourable designs.

A further object of my invention is to provide a clothes hanger which Will be readily adjustable to difierent widths and which, due to the arrangement of its members, shows no tendency to collapse or change in width when the clothes are hung thereon.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a device of this nature which is easily collapsible into very small space and which folded presents no visible or exposed hooks or jagged edges so that the hanger may be safely packed within suitcases and the like.

And a still further object of this invention is to provide a garment hanger which by virtue of its being adjustable to various widths, is useful for use with garments of varying sizes and character.

With all these and other objects definitely in view, a preferred embodiment of my invention resides in the novel construtcion, combination, and arrangement of parts as shall hereinafter be more fully described in the specification, illustrated in the drawing and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the garment hanger.

Fig. 2 is a corresponding view of the same when folded for packing.

Referring now to the drawing in which like characters of reference indicate like parts in both views:

In carrying out my invention, I have provided four pairs of bars arranged in what might be styled a triple lazy tong system.

The uppermost bars of stretchers 3, 3 on which the coat or other garment is hung is constructed with rolled top edges 4, 4 throughout their length in order to provide a suitable bearing surface for such garment.

The outer ends of said stretchers are formed with rigid flaps or hoods 5, 5 which with the sides a of the stretchers form pockets adapted to paron the pin 11 and the shank portion being doutially contain the hooks 6, 6 subsequently described.

The said stretchers are directly supported by the three pairs of bars, the longest or upper pair 7, 7 having their upper ends pivotally se- 0 cured by rivets to the upper ends of the stretchers and having their lower ends similarly secured to the shortest pair of bars 8, 8, and co-acting therewith to support the hooks 6, 6 by means of the rivets or pins 9, 9. 05

Interposed between the above pairs of bars are the center bars 10, 10 which are pivotally secured to the said stretchers and to the bars '7,

7 and are joined by means of the pin 11 which is used to attach the suspension hook 12.

This hook may be stamped out of sheet metal and made with a long center slot but I prefer to construct the same from wire as represented in the drawing, the lower end being supported ble and co-acting with the pin 13 to retain and guide the hook when the device is folded and expanded.

When folded or collapsed the suspension hook 12 and the hooks 6, 6 are entirely enclosed, the latter hooks being partially contained in the pockets 5, 5.

Spring or lock washers 14, etc. may be employed as distance pieces between the bars when the same are constructed of sheet metal, these 35 lock washers tending to prevent the device from spreading or contracting to a greater or lesser width than desired when the weight of the clothing falls on the stretchers or lower hooks.

In use, the device is employed in the usual manner, the lower hooks being used for supporting trousers by their belt loops or other garments by their strap portions.

Having described the preferred embodiment of my invention, I wish to stress the fact that 95 many and various modifications may be made in the construction of my device without departure from the spirit of my invention.

In this regard, it should be understood that my device may be constructed of other materials than metal and when wood is used the bars are recessed, sliced, or cut away throughout portions of their length so that spaces are preserved for the accommodation of the hooks when the device is folded and the lock washers are either made very thin or deleted altogether.

I am aware that garment hangers have been made employing the lazy tong principle and I am also aware that the use of hooks for the suspension of trousers, etc. is not new but what I u.

levers and links each lever and link being terminally and pivotally secured to one or other of said stretchers, hooks suspended from the lower joints of said levers and links, recesses in said stretchers to receive said hooks when the device is folded, distance pieces of the nature of spring washers between said two sets and at a plurality of thegjoints thereof, and a'suspension hook suitably secured to the lowest joint of the levers forming the central rhomb.

CHARLES D. WOOD.

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